I acknowledge that Hodgson is doing a reasonable job and that he has not been properly supported with regard to resources.
I also acknowledge that plenty on here will tell me to ‘be careful what I wish for’ and point to Curbishley as an example of what can happen to a club when a respected manager leaves a club.
However, there is a part of me that looks forward to the day when he is not manager.
I’m fed up of seeing 10 men behind the ball regardless of the opposition, the use of three defensive midfield players each game, the negating of the strengths of Townsend and Zaha who play in very restricted manner often marooned around the half way line nowhere near the goal.
I despair of our lack of goals and inability to score in the first half (I think only one at home all season).
People point at Roy’s coaching strength but for me that is limited to the defensive side, and let’s face it, it’s much easier to set up a team to defend than to attack.
We pack our half with players, compress the space and leave few gaps for the opposition to exploit.
I am a long term supporter and have seen at play at Division 1 equivalent and know that historically we are doing really well.
This doesn’t mean we should not aspire to a better.
We have a capable defence, solid midfield and a good goalkeeper which is a more than adequate foundation to enable us to play in a more adventurous fashion.

The key aspect about Roy is, he knows what the strengths and capability of his players and sets up his teams accordingly. There are many ways to win a football match, not conceding is a good start.
The big problem with his system is, we don't get our wingers to put crosses into the box, both Zaha and Townsend like to cut inside. We have Benteke whos main strength is his heading ability, but he gets no service and is pillorised as a bad player now, the system isn't helping him. We have just got Tosun on loan from Everton, guess what, all his goals at Everton were headers, so don't expect he will be much better than Benteke with no service.

Wouldn’t describe it as blind protection. Every manager has his faults, Hodgson included.

[Wasn't aimed directly at you, but he's not working miracles on a shoe string budget like many are claiming

But I will come on here and defend him against some of the more ludicrous charges - an example being your comment about him taking no interest in transfers .

In my opinion, he doesn't seem to be taking charge of the situation. He's mentioned that we need players and that "Dougie and Steve are working very hard to find them". He isn't kicking up too much of a fuss because he knows big name signings or upsetting the board will get him sacked. A younger more ambitious manager might not be so risk averse

The facts are that like any job, Hodgson is given objectives. Can you guess what his top priority one is ? If his methods result in his achieving that objective why on earth would he change them ? So yes, he knows how to keep us safe and how to keep his job - what would YOU do in the same situation ?

As above. Roy is very risk averse. This means he will keep us safe, with dull football and not attacking until we are 1 nil down. It feels like we are aiming for mediocrity, a bit like the Trevor Francis/Peter Taylor Eras

And if paying high wages should equate to league position then how do you explain Benteke’s salary; West Ham’s wage bill....I could go on. If there was a direct correlation between wage bill and results then Man Utd should be somewhat nearer the top of the league than they are

I did say it was an oversimplification But by the same token, it's no surprise Man City are double champions and Norwich are bottom. Manchester United and Arsenal recently have been an example of bad management and what happens when you dont constantly strive to get better

I acknowledge that Hodgson is doing a reasonable job and that he has not been properly supported with regard to resources.
I also acknowledge that plenty on here will tell me to ‘be careful what I wish for’ and point to Curbishley as an example of what can happen to a club when a respected manager leaves a club.
However, there is a part of me that looks forward to the day when he is not manager.
I’m fed up of seeing 10 men behind the ball regardless of the opposition, the use of three defensive midfield players each game, the negating of the strengths of Townsend and Zaha who play in very restricted manner often marooned around the half way line nowhere near the goal.
I despair of our lack of goals and inability to score in the first half (I think only one at home all season).
People point at Roy’s coaching strength but for me that is limited to the defensive side, and let’s face it, it’s much easier to set up a team to defend than to attack.
We pack our half with players, compress the space and leave few gaps for the opposition to exploit.
I am a long term supporter and have seen at play at Division 1 equivalent and know that historically we are doing really well.
This doesn’t mean we should not aspire to a better.
We have a capable defence, solid midfield and a good goalkeeper which is a more than adequate foundation to enable us to play in a more adventurous fashion.

1) Hodgson could devise a way to play to support the strikers we have.
First and foremost Hodgson seems to want our forwards to pack the midfield and he mainly lauds Ayew and Townsend for their defensive work.
Benteke, Wickham, Sorloth have all struggled to be prolific under his system. It’s too easy to blame this on the assumption that they are all bad players.
There’s no point in playing Benteke if you don’t provide crosses and we rarely do under Hodgson.
Even Batshuayi’s spell flatters to deceive as most of his league goals came in the last few games when we did actually attack.Prior to that he also had to endure time on the bench as he had struggled and looked ineffective in previous games without support.
2) In his first season Hodgson didn’t have strikers and used Zaha and Townsend as split strikers which was effective for a time.
We played more on the front foot and I’m not sure why we have become so defensive this season.
3) I would doubt many people believe Hodgson’s methods are getting the best out of Zaha or Townsend.